[R] the R package - relation to R project?

Peter Dalgaard BSA p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk
Wed May 16 12:08:45 CEST 2001


B.Rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk writes:

> >  This is confusing
> > because both projects have almost the same name. What to do? Obviously, none
> > of these projects will change its name!
> 
>  Why not? Perhaps 'our R' should change its name to 'R-plus'? :)
> 
>  Alternatively, since the R language is object-oriented, it should 
> be renamed "Oo-R". [that joke only accessible to British readers
> familiar with comedy west country accents].

The obvious candidate would be "R-square" since the program is
originally the product of R and R, but R and R have previously
dismissed the idea as "too cute".

And you shouldn't believe R-square values anyway...

-- 
   O__  ---- Peter Dalgaard             Blegdamsvej 3  
  c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics     2200 Cph. N   
 (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen   Denmark      Ph: (+45) 35327918
~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk)             FAX: (+45) 35327907
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html
Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe"
(in the "body", not the subject !)  To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch
_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._



More information about the R-help mailing list